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** AWARDS ISSUED PRIOR TO JANUARY 20, 2025, WERE FUNDED UNDER PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS AND MAY NOT REFLECT THE PRIORITIES AND POLICIES OF THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION.** ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE IS A GLOBAL THREAT TO HUMAN AND ANIMAL HEALTH AND INCREASED ADOPTION OF ANTIMICROBIAL STEWARDSHIP (AMS) IS NEEDED TO MAINTAIN EFFICACY OF ANTIMICROBIALS. VETERINARIANS ARE A SOURCE OF ADVICE ABOUT ANTIMICROBIAL USAGE (AMU), BUT FARM WORKERS DETECT AND TREAT MOST DISEASES OF DAIRY COWS WITHOUT DIRECT VETERINARY SUPERVISION, THUS IMPROVING AMU REQUIRES INCREASED COLLABORATION BETWEEN VETERINARIANS AND PRODUCERS. MASTITIS AND METRITIS ACCOUNT FOR MOST AMU ON DAIRY FARMS AND SMALL CHANGES IN TREATMENT OF THESE DISEASES CAN RESULT IN REDUCTIONS IN AMU. HOWEVER, MANY PRODUCERS ARE SKEPTICAL ABOUT BENEFITS OF CHANGING ANTIBIOTIC TREATMENTS. MOST DAIRY FARMERS BELIEVE THAT THEY ARE CURRENTLY USING AN APPROPRIATE AMOUNT OF ANTIBIOTICS AND DO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO BENCHMARKS THAT DEFINE NORMAL AMU. ENHANCING KNOWLEDGE ABOUT APPROPRIATE AMU REQUIRES INCREASED ENGAGEMENT OF VETERINARIANS AND PRODUCERS TO RECOGNIZE POTENTIAL BENEFITS OF ENHANCED AMS. WE HYPOTHESIZE THAT PROVIDING BENCHMARKS FOR AMU AND EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES TO OVERCOME BARRIERS WILL INCREASE ENGAGEMENT OF VETERINARIANS AND DAIRY PRODUCERS IN AMS PROGRAMS. TO ACHIEVE THIS, WE WILL:DETERMINE BARRIERS TO CHANGING AMU BY SURVEYING FARMERS AND VETERINARIANS IN MI AND WI TO IDENTIFY THEIR BELIEFS, ATTITUDES, AND PRACTICES ABOUT AMU.PROMOTE AWARENESS OF APPROPRIATE AMU BY INCREASING ACCESS AND VALUE OF BENCHMARKING AMU. THIS AIM WILL EXPAND ACCESS TO AMU BENCHMARKING, PROVIDE ECONOMIC ASSESSMENTS OF CURRENTLY USED TREATMENT PROTOCOLS AND TRAIN VETERINARIANS AND DAIRY PROFESSIONALS ON HOW TO OVERCOME BARRIERS TO AMS.

$300,000FY2024National Institute of Food and AgricultureUSDA

Michigan State University, East Lansing MI

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** AWARDS ISSUED PRIOR TO JANUARY 20, 2025, WERE FUNDED UNDER PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS AND MAY NOT REFLECT THE PRIORITIES AND POLICIES OF THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION.** ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE IS A GLOBAL THREAT TO HUMAN AND ANIMAL HEALTH AND INCREASED ADOPTION OF ANTIMICROBIAL STEWARDSHIP (AMS) IS NEEDED TO MAINTAIN EFFICACY OF ANTIMICROBIALS. VETERINARIANS ARE A SOURCE OF ADVICE ABOUT ANTIMICROBIAL USAGE (AMU), BUT FARM WORKERS DETECT AND TREAT MOST DISEASES OF DAIRY COWS WITHOUT DIRECT VETERINARY SUPERVISION, THUS IMPROVING AMU REQUIRES INCREASED COLLABORATION BETWEEN VETERINARIANS AND PRODUCERS. MASTITIS AND METRITIS ACCOUNT FOR MOST AMU ON DAIRY FARMS AND SMALL CHANGES IN TREATMENT OF THESE DISEASES CAN RESULT IN REDUCTIONS IN AMU. HOWEVER, MANY PRODUCERS ARE SKEPTICAL ABOUT BENEFITS OF CHANGING ANTIBIOTIC TREATMENTS. MOST DAIRY FARMERS BELIEVE THAT THEY ARE CURRENTLY USING AN APPROPRIATE AMOUNT OF ANTIBIOTICS AND DO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO BENCHMARKS THAT DEFINE NORMAL AMU. ENHANCING KNOWLEDGE ABOUT APPROPRIATE AMU REQUIRES INCREASED ENGAGEMENT OF VETERINARIANS AND PRODUCERS TO RECOGNIZE POTENTIAL BENEFITS OF ENHANCED AMS. WE HYPOTHESIZE THAT PROVIDING BENCHMARKS FOR AMU AND EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES TO OVERCOME BARRIERS WILL INCREASE ENGAGEMENT OF VETERINARIANS AND DAIRY PRODUCERS IN AMS PROGRAMS. TO ACHIEVE THIS, WE WILL:DETERMINE BARRIERS TO CHANGING AMU BY SURVEYING FARMERS AND VETERINARIANS IN MI AND WI TO IDENTIFY THEIR BELIEFS, ATTITUDES, AND PRACTICES ABOUT AMU.PROMOTE AWARENESS OF APPROPRIATE AMU BY INCREASING ACCESS AND VALUE OF BENCHMARKING AMU. THIS AIM WILL EXPAND ACCESS TO AMU BENCHMARKING, PROVIDE ECONOMIC ASSESSMENTS OF CURRENTLY USED TREATMENT PROTOCOLS AND TRAIN VETERINARIANS AND DAIRY PROFESSIONALS ON HOW TO OVERCOME BARRIERS TO AMS. · GrantIndex